The Maple Leafs were in desperate need of centers because of injuries and they parted with selections in the third round and seventh round. The third-rounder turns into a second-round pick if Holland plays 25 NHL games this season.

It could given Ducks general manager Bob Murray more trade chips to play with as he'll have two first-round picks and potentially two second-round selections next summer.

Holland is expected to play for Toronto in its home game tonight against Buffalo. The Leafs are without Nazem Kadri because of a three-game suspension and Tyler Bozak and Dave Bolland because of injuries. Blacker will report to the Ducks' AHL team in Norfolk (Va.).

The Ducks have put defenseman Nolan Yonkman on waivers Sunday and watched winger Brad Staubitz clear after doing so the day before.

TSN's Bob McKenzie reported both moves on his Twitter account. Yonkman requires waivers in order to be sent to the Ducks' minor-league affiliate in Norfolk (Va.) and that's something that could be in the club's plans after the 32-year-old had an impressive training camp.

It is very possible that the Ducks would like to add Yonkman to their young Norfolk squad and provide some veteran leadership. Yonkman has been captain of previous AHL teams in Milwaukee and San Antonio.

"It's an honor," Yonkman said. "It's a privilege to be part of that. And I take that with great responsibility. I've been on winning teams. I've been on losing teams. I think it's an opportunity to hopefully develop young players and lead a team into doing its best.

"I enjoy the challenge. I enjoy working with the coaching staff in trying to bring a winning team to wherever I go. It's fun."

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Having to put forwards Kyle Palmieri and Brad Staubitz on injured reserve, the Ducks replenished their roster Monday by recalling wingers Patrick Maroon and Devante Smith-Pelly from Norfolk of the American Hockey League.

Palmieri has missed the last four games because of an upper-body injury suffered March 4 against Phoenix while Staubitz was not available due to a facial cut incurred Friday against Calgary when hit by the skate blade of the Flames' Alex Tanguay.

Maroon, 24, played in nine games with the Ducks and got his first NHL goal on Feb. 16 against Nashville. He has 17 goals and 36 points with Norfolk this season and is coming off an AHL player of the week honor after scoring four times with two assists in three games.

Smith-Pelly, 20, made the Ducks out of training camp and played in five games before being assigned back to the Admirals. He did not register a point while averaging under eight minutes a game on the fourth line.

Smith-Pelly has seven goals and 13 assists in 47 games with the Admirals. He appeared in 49 games as a rookie with the Ducks last season, totaling seven goals and six assists.

DALLAS -- Trevor Daley and Jamie Benn scored first-period goals on the power play and Kari Lehtonen made 20 saves as the Dallas Stars stopped the Ducks' four-game winning streak with a 3-1 victory Friday night at American Airlines Center.

The Ducks (7-2-1) lost for the first time since Jan. 29 at San Jose. Goalie Jonas Hiller made his first start in three games but only lasted one period as he suffered a lower-body injury and was relieved by Viktor Fasth to start the second.

Daley put the Stars (6-5-1) on the scoreboard when he took a pass from Derek Roy and beat Hiller under his left arm with a slap shot at 8:48 of the first.

The power play occurred when Ducks right wing Brad Staubitz was whistled for a roughing minor during a scrum. It was the beginning of a bad night for Staubitz.

About 90 seconds after a fight between the Ducks' Corey Perry and Dallas defenseman Stephane Robidas, Staubitz speared Stars rookie Brenden Dillon in the lower-body region in apparent retaliation for a spear by Robidas on Perry earlier in the first.

ANAHEIM – Progress has stalled in the struggle to end the NHL lockout as talks between the league and the players' union have grounded to a halt but that hasn't stopped many players from preparing for an end game to the labor battle.

The deadline of Jan. 11 set by league commissioner Gary Bettman to have a new collective bargaining agreement in place in order to have a 48-game season eight days later has encouraged a number of players to trickle into their NHL cities from other locales.

A larger turnout of NHL players at Anaheim Ice than what has shown up for the last few weeks and months reflected such on Friday as they anticipate whether to get ready for a season to be played – or one that is canceled.

“We know the timelines,” said Brad Staubitz, who signed with the Ducks on the first day of free agency in July. “It's been publicized. We're getting ready. Getting excited.